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Tammy Baldwin: “We have federal laws finally advancing and expanding rights…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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INTERVIEW: One on one with Senator Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 08:00

And then there's the substantive representation. And I think about the things that have happened between 1986, when I won a seat on the Dane County Board, and now, where We have federal laws finally advancing and expanding rights, and yet we still have a ways to go. And so Pride Month, in my mind, I take stock of the progress we've made. Never mistake progress for victory, though. And then I thank the generations before us that have been role models. (08:00–08:09)

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Asserts that federal laws are advancing and expanding rights but more progress is needed.

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